Info About Christmas/Buon Natale (La Befana) in Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 17 January 2007)

Here are some links about Christmas/Buon Natale (La Befana) in Italy:

CHRISTMAS/BUON NATALE (LA BEFANA)

• Buon Natale! Christmas In Italy – Source: Sicilian Culture
  
• Christmas In Italy – Source: In Italy Online!
• Christmas in Rome – Source: “As the Romans Do: An American Family's Italian Odyssey”, Alan Epstein
• Christmas in Rome – by Philip Marsden – Source: Travel Intelligence Ltd
• The Christmas Season in Venice – Ruth L. Edenbaum – Source: slow travel Italy
• Christmas Tradition in Italy: Christmas customs split Italy in two – By Floria Parmiani – Source: Floria Publications
• Epiphany in Italy – January 6th – by Giulia – Source: Holidays & Festivals Around the World by Ms. Hos-McGrane's Grade 5 Students
• Epiphany-Befana – European Kids Project – Source: NavigaCircolo Home
• La Befana: The Story of the Befana – By Floria Parmiani – Source: Floria Publications
• Rome for Christmas-New Year's week – Source: slow travel talk Italy

ARTICLES

• "Italian Christmas Spirit with one of our featured articles....." – Source: madaboutitaly.com
• An Italian Christmas
• Italian Christmas Calendar
  
• Neapolitan Christmas & New Year
• Neapolitan Christmas Food
• Neapolitan Recipes
  
• Capodanno (New Year)
• Symbols of an Italian Christmas
• Italian shopping directory
  

EVENTS AND FESTIVALS (festa or sagra)

• Italian Holidays, Festivals, Street Parties… – "a list of Italian holidays and festivals which can be accessed by city, region and date." – Scroll down to enter "... your choice of keyword...", e.g., "Christmas" and then press the "submit it" icon – Source: the Hostetler web site

FOOD

• Buon Natale! Christmas Eve Italian Style – by Kate Heyhoe – Source: The Global Gourmet®
• Buon Natale... Merry Christmas – Source: S.PELLEGRINO
• Traditional Italian Recipes for the Holidays – Buon Natale! Christmas in Italy – Italian Language – Source: About.com

PHOTOS OF CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS IN ITALY

• CHRISTMAS CRIBS IN ABRUZZO AND ITALY – Source: andrea morelli
  
• A Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera Night Photo Guide: Happy New Year of Night Photography from Rome – Source: Matthew Bamberg, Digital Traveler
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• Buon Natale! Christmas in Italy – Italian Language – Source: About.com
• Part 1: Origins in Pagan Celebrations
• Part 2: Vocabulary and Holiday Music Traditions – Sound clip
• Part 3: Children's Activities for the Holidays
• Part 4: Traditional Italian Recipes for the Holidays
• Part 5: Visit Italy to Celebrate the Holidays
• Part 6: Italian Christmas Traditions
  
• Buon Natale - Christmas Links – Sound clip – Source: Welcome to Capucina's Italian-American Web Pages
• An Italian Christmas – Languages – Source: BBC Languages
• Spend the Christmas Holiday in Italy – Traditions, Events, Markets and More – By Amy Gulick– Source: Associated Content

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using .

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That's it for Friday, 29 September 2006: venerdì, 29 settembre 2006.

Ciao, Ben

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(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 17 January 2007)